Wicked_Fiction

The Average DC Experience #70

"Not bad..." I remarked, my eyes alternating between the toppled brick wall before me and my balled fist. I didn't feel pain or mangle my arm like the first time I tried something like this. 

I didn't need to activate 100% of my muscles to do it either. Considering my enhanced durability, my hand will probably remain intact, but I could definitely do without the pain. 

Don't get me wrong, after tearing apart my every muscle, which took more than an ...

The Average DC Experience #69

"Fuck..." I couldn't help but curse with a cough that sent the blood clogging my throat to shoot out of my mouth and fall right back into my face, causing me to grimace. 

"Great..." I remarked as I grunted and wiped the blood off my face. My voice was faint and barely audible as I lay flat on the cold, hard ground in a puddle of my own blood.

I would have said I felt like shit right now, but that would probably be an understatement. The pain of tearing m...

The Average DC Experience #68

"Now, say goodnight..." I remarked as I pulled the trigger and watched the gangster fall to the ground, frothing at the mouth and spasming as he hit the concrete floor. 

"Do your worst, he says..." I remarked with a chuckle, rolling my eyes under my helmet. I shook my head at the unconscious thug and sighed in exasperation. 

I didn't kill the gangster. In fact, I didn't even put enough energy into the bullet to knock him out, but he passed out from ...

The Average DC Experience #67

Lucky Andre wasn't feeling so lucky.

He got the nickname because of one royal fuck up back in his younger days as an enforcer for the Falcone crime family. The fuck up was so big that it even got Don Carmine's attention.

Andre's mistake exposed one of the most prominent Falcone gang safe houses to the GCPD and the Batman, and Don Falcone himself was ready to put a bullet between his eyebrows for the blunder. 

The crime boss had the gun d...

The Average DC Experience #66

I couldn't help but chuckle, my eyes widening in astonishment as I looked at my bank account, noticing the steady rise in my daily income. 

Because of my Personal computer power, I've been able to constantly grind my Computers skill, regardless of what else I was doing. I could be sparring training with Richard and Benjamin, working on my workbench, or beating up thugs, and a part of my mind would still be programming or hacking something. 

So I dec...

The Average DC Experience #65

Gotham City Park

"You might want to lose the shirt," Richard said, his tone solemn as he stood before me. He still hasn't revealed his method to me, and the fact he started with that wasn't exactly reassuring. 

"That bad, huh?" I uncomfortably asked, sighing. Still, I obliged and took off my shirt, turning to my teacher as I waited for further instructions. I had my doubts about this whole thing, but I can't dismiss it until I know I was sure. 

The Average DC Experience #64

I smiled as I did the last screw, my eyes alternating between the ugly-as-sin metal box and the equally hard-to-look-at workbench that said metal box was on.

I'd immediately started working on my Mechanic class as soon as I got it, and the first thing I did was sneak into the nearest junkyard to fish for some mechanic components and metal sheets. 

The first thing I built was the workbench, which I fashioned after the Tinker Workbench from the Fallout gam...

The Average DC Experience #63

Gotham Park

"Breath...." Ben calmly said as he turned his body and sent a high kick to the side of my head, with his arms crossed in front of his chest. I immediately reacted, taking a deep breath as I ducked under his kick, causing it to fly right over my head.

"You must remember; the anger is inside you. It is part of the man you are, and to deny it is to deny yourself, a fruitless endeavor," Ben said, nodding as he raised his fist in a feint, only to kick at me again, and I dod...

The Average DC Experience #62

"This is concerning, kid..." Richard earnestly remarked after hearing my words, rubbing his chin in thought. "Under normal circumstances, I'd advise you to stop. Power always comes at a price, and the easier and faster it comes, the higher the price.." he added with a grimace as if speaking from experience.

"But I understand your circumstances aren't exactly normal, and I'm willing to trust your judgment and your impeccable survival instinct," he jokingly concluded as he smil...

The Average DC Experience #61

I took Ebony out of my inventory and immediately fired at the man standing on the rooftop, causing his smirk to become more pronounced as he tilted his head to dodge the projectile.

Still smirking, the man beckoned me to follow as he turned around and started sprinting, casually jumping from one rooftop to another as he zoomed away. 

I let out a scoff as I had my pigeon drone follow the man and moved to the nearest alley, activating my Phantom belt and d...

The Average DC Experience #60

Gotham 

The Bowery

I took a deep breath as I took cover behind the bar, bullets, glass shards, and alcohol splashes flying right over my head as I held on to Ebony and Ivory, raising them next to my face. 

It had been three days since I took the Gunman class, and I managed to raise my Guns skill by an additional eight levels thanks to my eagerness to stop sucking at using Ebony and Ivory. 

I spent most of my ti...

The Average DC Experience #59

Gotham

Gray's hideout

I smiled as I confirmed the order on my computer and watched as the 20k I'd made in the past three days evaporated, replaced by more stocks in Wayne Enterprises. 

I'd spent a day getting electricity and setting up my new hideout, and although I still had to furnish the place and make it more presentable since it looked empty and ugly as sin, it was still comfortable enough for me to spend my time here. 

<...

The Average DC Experience #58

Gotham 

The Batcave

"You know nothing good will come out of this, Dick..." Barbara Gordon, daughter of the police commissioner, currently known as Batgirl, said with a frown as she turned to leave. 

"I know that. But I still have to do it," Dick Grayson, also known as Nightwing, replied with a helpless sigh as he watched the redhead walk away to the cave's exit. 

"He needs to explain himself. You know that, Bar...

The Average DC Experience #57

Harley lazily stretched as she walked through the hallway towards Gray's apartment. She felt tired after several hours of taunting Black Mask and kicking his goons' asses.

The crazy blonde was already looking forward to annoying Gray into making him go berserk again so she could get another show. The show he put up on the docks when he beat The Beast to death and when he almost killed an almost immortal werewolf was just too entertaining for her to not try as for an encore.

She im...

The Average DC Experience #56

As he frenziedly worked to regain control over his systems, Anarky's expression turned uglier and uglier as he tried to decipher the heavily coded operating system with Gray hindering him every step of the way. 

Every time he deciphered a portion of the system, Gray would respond by decoding and recoding a part of it to delay him, and he'd done a pretty good job at that, considering he's been exactly that for the past thirty minutes. 

Though Anarky'...

The Average DC Experience #55

East End 

Selena's penthouse

"Ya know, I thought there's gon' be lots more typing involved..." Harley said as she leaned on the back of my chair, looking at me working the laptop while literally breathing down my neck. 

"You watch too many movies," I blankly replied, shrugging my shoulders as I gestured to the side. I kept the fact I had the same idea about hacking to myself.

The first thing that will come to mind w...

The Average DC Experience #54

"This should be good enough..." I remarked, sighing in relief as I noticed the notification prompt in the corner of my vision. I smiled, shutting off the laptop and storing it in my inventory. 

[You unread notifications. Would you like to view them?] 

I cracked my neck as I turned to the system, agreeing to view the accumulated notifications I'd ignored since I returned to my apartment from the motel until now.

I had spent the past ...

The Average DC Experience #53

I yawned as I sat on the edge of the bed, stretching my limbs as I retrieved my phone to see the time. 'I overslept...' I mused as I got off the bed and equipped my street clothes, making my way out of the room. 

I had shaken Harley off my tail when I left the shipyard after venting my frustration and getting my prize and made my way to a motel where I could get some sleep without worrying about the crazy blonde slitting my throat or molesting me in my sleep. 

The Average DC Experience #52

I felt my vision grow hazy as I continued to lose blood from my bleeding neck, but I didn't stop my assault with the pent-up frustration and irritation from the past two days fueling my aggression. 

The fact that the bastard slit my throat and the lack of oxygen in my system also helped me stay focused as I channeled energy into my fist and buried it in the werewolf's skull that was already exposed at this point.

I heaved, feeling my head become lighter ...

The Average DC Experience #51

'I should have a bit of a break from the snake chick's whip for now...' I mused, my eyes darting under my helmet as I inspected the area, formulating a plan.

'The wolf guy's skin is thick, and he can regenerate, but he's not a problem...' I took a step back, dodging a swing from the werewolf as he lunged at me. 

I noticed him moving to the side to give the snake lady an unhindered view of me so she could freely swing her whip without worrying about frien...

The Average DC Experience #50

Gotham

The Coventry

Near an abandoned shipyard

"That's the place," I said as I gestured towards a moderately spacious shipyard with no visible trace of human presence and activity inside it unless you knew where to look.

'Looks like they haven't had time to place a cloaking device, or maybe they didn't bring another one...' I mused as I watched Harley squint her eyes while looking at the shipyard, trying and failing to find any sign of the Intergang members inside.

The Average DC Experience #49

Gotham City

The Batcave

"Did you find the person you were looking for, Bruce?" Batgirl asked, her tone exhausted and expression haggard as she looked away from the Batcomputer, turning to her mentor, to which the latter silently nodded in confirmation. 

"What do you think?" Batgirl asked, raising an eyebrow as she noticed something off regarding the caped crusader's demeanor. Had it been anyone else, they might have failed to notice the ...

The Average DC Experience #48

"Oh, how the high and mighty have fallen..." I remarked, chuckling in no small amount of genuine amusement. "The Justice League mind wiping one of their own, a founding member to boot," I added, continuously chuckling. 

I quickly stopped laughing when the caped crusader put me on the receiving end of his notorious Batglare. No wonder he can keep the Justice League in check with that kind of glare. Too bad it didn't work on Zatanna. 

"Now you see why...

The Average DC Experience #47

'I can't lie here...' I firmed my resolve and stored my helmet in my inventory as I turned to Batman, keeping my expression neutral.

"Me? No. Harley already knows most of the things I don't want her to know about me," I replied with a shrug, briefly turning to Harley and then back to the caped crusader.

"You, on the other hand, have much that you wouldn't want her to her, her or anyone else, I'd imagine..." I added, letting a slight meaningful smile tug on my...

The Average DC Experience #46

I shrugged as I walked to the window and closed it, turning around to go to my bed and get some rest. However, I couldn't move, freezing in place as I turned my body and my eyes locked onto someone else's. 

"Boo!" Two arms reached for my head, and I couldn't react because of the surprise, and a feeling of softness soon engulfed my head, causing me to blink slowly, my brain regaining its functions as I processed the situation.

"What are you doing here, Ha...

The Average DC Experience #45

Upper Gotham 

The Coventry Docks

Kyle's Abbot grunted in pain and exhaustion, letting out a steamy breath as he collapsed on the ground, reverting to his human form, causing his colleague's unconscious, bleeding body to fall. 

He reached for his pocket and retrieved a small tablet with a red button, which he pressed, spending the last of his energy. Unable to support his body weight, his arms failed, and his face kissed the ground.&...

Anoncment!

You guys might have noticed I've only been releasing one chapter a day for the past couple of days, and that's because I'm feeling a bit exhausted since I write on a desktop PC, and my chair isn't all that comfortable. 

No worries, though. I'll be buying a laptop at the end of this week or the beginning of the next, but I'll only be releasing 1 chapter each day until then, meaning I'll take a break from my one piece fic, because I need to keep the momentum on the DC fic ...

The Average DC Experience #44

"You guys are finished already?" Selina asked, smiling as she sat behind the hospital manager's desk when she spotted us waling in on her. 

"No thanks to you," I replied, my eyes twitching in annoyance at how leisurely she looked, sitting behind the desk with her legs resting on it like she owned the place. 

"That's Kitty for ya; always leavin' the fun to others," Harley said as she walked behind Selina, proudly slapping the latter's shoulder. "Such...

The Average DC Experience #43

"You gotta be kidding me! A werewolf?! Really?!" I exclaimed, gritting my teeth as I watched the creature turn to me, growling menacingly and bursting into a sprint on all fours toward me. 

"Harley?! Do you have any idea who this guy is?" I asked, taking a step back as the werewolf reached me and swung his dark, gleaming claws at my throat. 

"No Idea, but we got more company!" Harley replied, causing me to frown as I stepped forward, driving my fist...

The Average DC Experience #42

Lower Gotham

'What's with gangs and occupying abandoned buildings in this world...' I mused, shrugging as I activated the night vision function on my helmet to peek at the abandoned hospital before me. 

Selina had agreed to my proposal despite seeming doubtful and hesitant, and we decided that she'd call me in three hours or so and give me the address of our first target. 

'Still, this place has no sign of human presence...' I frown...